10. Lufthansa (1978): U.S. $ 5.8 Million
Robbery at Lufthansa in 1978 planned by Jimmy Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate, and accompanied by several friends. It started when a bookies, Martin Krugman, told Henry Hill (relatives of Burke's) about millions of dollars that were not detected. Once a month the money was taken and the money changers tourists in West Germany and stored in the storage of money at Kennedy Airport. That information comes from Louis Werner, airport workers are owed to Krugman $ 20,000 in gambling. The robbers spent only 64 minutes and is the largest cash robbery in the United States at the time.
9. Dunbar Armored (1997): U.S. $ 18.9 Million
Dunbar robbery is the largest cash robbery in the United States. That happened in 1997 in Dunbar Facility protected by strict in Los Angeles, California. The robbery was planned by Allen Pace, who worked for Dunbar as a regional security inspectors, along with five friends of his childhood on September 13, 1997. Allen Pace was arrested and jailed for 20 years. Just a bit of money that is returned, approximately 10 million dollars still remain untracked.
8. Brinks Mat warehouse (1983): U.S. $ 45 Million
Brinks Mat gold robbery incident occurred on 26 November 1983 when six robbers infiltrated the Brinks Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England. The robbers figured they would just steal the money of 3 million pound sterling, but when they arrived, they found 10 tons of gold equivalent of 26 million pounds. The robbers in aid by the security guard Anthony Black, is the brother-in-law of the mastermind, Brian Robinson, and the robber gang is chaired by Michael McAvoy.
Robinson and McAvoy sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, while Black 6 years. 3 tons of gold still untracked. And every person who wore gold jewelry purchased from Britain after 1983, chances are the Brinks Mat gold.
7. Northern Bank (2004): Employee Bank Robbery Threatened To Help U.S. $ 50 million
Northern Bank robbery is a robbery of money that large in the center of the Northern bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The robbers stole £ 26.5 million at December 20, 2004, and made it as the biggest robbery in British history.
Financial adviser, Ted Cunningham, from Cork was found guilty of laundering money for more than 3 million pounds, which proved to originate from the robbery.
6. Banco Central in Brazil (2005): U.S. $ 69.8 Million
On the weekend 6 and 7 August 2005, a group of hoodlums who allegedly is the Gang of the tattooed / Primeiro Comando da Capita, dig a hole aisle to the Banco Central in Fortaleza. The robbery incident is still unknown until the bank opened for business on Monday morning, 8 August.
On 22 October the mastermind, Luis Fernando Ribeiro (26), was arrested in Camanducaia 200 miles west of the Rio Dejainero. Five others were arrested on 28 September with 5.4 million dollars. So far the authorities have discovered seven million dollars, and 63 million dollars is still missing.
5. Great Train Robbery (1963): U.S. $ 74 million
The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery by 2.3 million pounds on 8 August 1963 in Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.
A group contains 15 people, headed by Bruce Reynolds and including Ronnie Biggs, Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Hussey, John Wheater, Brian Field, Jimmy White, Tommy Wisbey, Gordon Goody and Buster Edwards, stole £ 2.3 million in '£ 1, £ 5 and £ 10 notes', which is equivalent to 40 million pounds (74 million dollars) now.
Although no firearms used in robberies, train driver Jack Mills, was hit in the head with an iron pipe. 13 of the group members were arrested after police discovered their fingerprints at their hideout at Leatherslade Farm, near Oakley, Buckinghamshire. Ronnie Biggs escaped from prison, and live in melbourne Australia, and then moved to Rio Dejaneiro. Charlie Wilson escaped and lived outside Montreal, Canada on Rigaud Mountain. Just because the wife of Wilson who made the mistake of calling his parents in England that caused her to be untracked.
4. Kent Securitas Depot (2006): USD $ 92.5 Million
Securities Depot robbery is a robbery that occurred in the morning on 22 February 2006, precisely between 01:00 and 02:15 in the UK. At least six people arrested and threatened the family of the manager, and bind 14 staff, and stole 53 million pounds in the Securitas Cash Management Ltd depot in Vale Road, Tonbridge, Kent.
The perpetrators, Emir Hysenaj was sentenced to 20 years in prison, Stuart Royle, Lea Rusha, Jetmir Bucpapa and Roger Coutts was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
3. Knightsbridge Security Deposit (1987): U.S. $ 111 million
Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery occurred on 12 July 1987 in Knightsbridge, England. 2 people entered the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre and to request a safety box for hire sebua. Having shown to the storeroom, they issued firearms and arrested the manager and security guard. They opened all the existing safety box and bertotal approximately 111 million dollars.
Police track down a robber Valerio Viccei as chairman after checking fingerprints at the scene. Viccei and his friends were arrested after a robbery on 12 August 1987.Viccei later wrote a book about the robbery.
2. Boston Museum (1990): U.S. $ 300 Million
A few hours after the celebration of St. Patrick in Boston on 18 March 1990, two men dressed in police guards the entrance of silencing the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at 1:24 am.
The stolen paintings are: 3 works of Rembrandts, including the 'Storm on the Sea of Galilee', 'The Concert "by Vermeer, bronze pottery from China,' Landscape with an Obelisk 'by Govaert Flinck, five Degas sketches, Eagle Statue made of bronze, and Manet portrait.
1. Central Bank of Iraq (2003): U.S. $ 1 Billion
On March 18, 2003, the day before the Americans started attacking Baghdad, nearly 1 billion million dollars stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq. This is one of the biggest bank robbery in history. Approximately 650 million dollars later found hidden in the wall at the residence of Saddam Hussein by U.S. troops, and the remaining money is not traceable.
In March 2003, a handwritten letter signed by Saddam issued, asking for 920 million dollars to be issued and given to her son, Qusay. The bank clerk said that Qusay and strangers bring money denominations $ 100, is transported into the truck for 5 hours. Qusay then killed by U.S. soldiers.
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